Diaspora group builds hospital for Imo community

Residents of Nsu, Ehime Mbano Local Government Area of Imo State eagerly await the completion of a sizeable hospital in their community being built by their kith and kin in Canada.

The Nsu Development and Cultural Association (NDCA), made up of indigenous Nsu people living and working in North America, unveiled the ultra-modern hospital project in Lagos.

A large number of Nsu people under the aegis of Nsu Development Union (NSU) witnessed the event.

Addressing the gathering, Dr Steven Madu, a senior consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist at Central Regional Hospital, Canada said that they embarked on the hospital project to provide access to standard health care and prevent avoidable deaths away among their people and neighboring communities.

He also outlined plans to make the hospital a reference centre in the cadre of a teaching hospital as well as training ground for nurses and other health personal.

Madu also said he hoped the facility will engage the services of well-trained specialists and general practitioners.

Chairman of NDU, Lagos Chapter, Mr Chinedu Ogbonna thanked members of the NDCA for their zeal and love for their people, urging Nsu residents to see the hospital project as a wake-up call.